Chapter 1089
The Eastern Wilderness Tribes are indulging in self-congratulation, while the Dragon Su
Su Dingping was also taken aback. He had expected the country to provide support, but he never imagined that the entire nation would be mobilized to support it!
But this was not his original idea. The Dragon Heart Laboratory was of utmost importance, but national development could not be stopped either, and should even be accelerated!
"So that's how it is! Leaders, I misunderstood you. I thought you came here to interrogate me. The research at Longxin Laboratory cannot stop, but the development of the country cannot stop either."
"Let me think about it, and I'll definitely come up with a solution for you!"
Liu Huaming chuckled and said, "I told you, Su wouldn't let us down. He'd definitely have a way! See? I was right!"
Xue Shuai laughed as well: "Su boy, don't try to change the subject. From what you just said, you're trying to help our entire army upgrade its equipment?"
"Is that core material you're researching really that useful?"
Su Dingping's face showed a hint of pride as he patted his chest and said, "Core materials can not only be used in the field of nuclear fusion, but also in many other fields such as military and aerospace!"
"Once it breaks through, it will be world-class!"
Hearing this, Xue Shuai and the others began to breathe heavily, their eyes flashing with hope, and even their older bodies were filled with renewed passion.
But the reality was staring them in the face: they no longer had the capacity to support the research and development at Longxin Laboratory. Thinking about this practical problem, their blood began to run cold again.
"Comrade Su Dingping, we only need one word from you: with the resources we have now, can you break through the current technological barriers and successfully develop the core materials?"
Although the funds from the previous sale of warships have been exhausted, these funds have been exchanged for a large amount of rare metals, rare earth elements, and precision parts for a large number of high-end instruments.
So Su Dingping nodded firmly: "Please rest assured, leaders, no matter how many difficulties we face, we can overcome them!"
Xue Shuai stood up and gently patted his shoulder: "Okay, we can rest assured with your words."
"Go ahead and do it with confidence! We were able to build the atomic bomb back then, so we certainly can now!"
Xue Shuai's words were like a shot of adrenaline for Su Dingping, instantly filling him with motivation: "I guarantee to complete the mission!"
After seeing off the group of leaders, Su Dingping sat down and rubbed his head. Although he had promised to complete the task, there were still many difficulties ahead.
At the same time, enormous pressure also fell on him.
Just then, a pair of small, slightly warm hands pressed on his temples and began to massage them slowly. Who else could it be but Guo Xueyun?
"Take a rest if you're tired. I'll stay with you."
She knew how much pressure Su Dingping was under, but all she could do was offer her a small amount of companionship.
Su Dingping didn't speak. He was indeed a little tired. He slowly closed his eyes, but his consciousness entered the forging space.
He discovered that two more items had been added to the encyclopedia that was being unlocked.
The core launching unit of the electromagnetic railgun and the electromagnetic damage repair module.
As the names suggest, these two technologies are related to electromagnetic railguns, and the unlocking time is a full 378 days.
Su Dingping was a little puzzled. He hadn't seen any news about electromagnetic cannons recently, so how come he suddenly started unlocking two items in the encyclopedia?
After checking, I realized that my core materials had made a breakthrough, and the items in these two encyclopedias were made from those core materials.
Therefore, once the core materials are upgraded, both types of illustrations will be unlocked.
After carefully examining the various parameters of the two illustrations, Su Dingping was very satisfied. One of them could make the electromagnetic blaster a main weapon on the battlefield.
It can instantly destroy enemy facilities, including warships, fighter jets, and even various facilities within enemy bases!
It's important to understand that modern warfare is no longer simply a matter of risking lives; it's information warfare! The most crucial element of information warfare is information itself.
If all of the enemy's facilities are destroyed, the enemy will be essentially blind, and their warships and fighter jets will become junk. You can win without even fighting.
The other electromagnetic damage repair module combines intelligent artificial intelligence and electromagnetic information technology. It can temporarily replace the chip burned by the electromagnetic pulse and establish a temporary connection for insulation breakdown and circuit melting.
Simply put, it means that after the enemy is subjected to an electromagnetic shock, the repair module can be used to keep the warship afloat until it returns home.
Although he coveted the two illustrated guides, Su Dingping knew where the focus should be, so he didn't pay too much attention to them and continued his experiments in the forging space.
The first phase of the experiment has been completed, and the experimental objectives have been achieved. The core material at the millimeter scale has been successfully synthesized. The next step is to scale up the material to the centimeter scale!
It sounds simple, but the expansion of this core material requires attention to every step. If the millimeter level is 1+1, then the centimeter level is 1*1 to the power of 10, and the difficulty increases exponentially!
"Director!" Jiang Tianzheng knocked on the door, entered the office, and placed a document in front of Su Dingping. "The second phase of the core material experiment is ready."
Su Dingping nodded, picked up the materials, stood up, and walked to the platform outside the second floor, watching the people in white research coats busily moving around below.
He could sense a tense atmosphere permeating the laboratory, because Allen's article had placed a heavy burden of pressure on everyone in the lab.
If they fail, they will be sinners against Longxia!
Su Dingping examined the experimental data and quietly modified two parameters with a pen, much to the surprise of Guo Xueyun and Jiang Tianzheng who were standing nearby.
Scientific experiments are very rigorous. Any error in any parameter can lead to major problems. Therefore, parameters cannot be modified arbitrarily. Instead, they must be eliminated one by one after scientific research.
For someone like Su Dingping to directly modify parameters is nothing short of audacious and reckless!
Su Dingping did not explain, but handed the experimental data to Jiang Tianzheng: "Alright, conduct the experiment according to my parameters."
Jiang Tianzheng hesitated: "Director, isn't this too frivolous? At least we need to conduct experiments before we can rule out the parameters you modified, right?"
Su Dingping couldn't say that the reason was that the parameters he had modified had already been tested in the forging space, and the result was a failure, so there was no need to do it again.
So he hesitated for a moment before saying, "Do as I say! Have you forgotten the lab's rules and regulations?"
On the very first day that the Longxin Laboratory began operation, Su Dingping set out his rules: when there were differing opinions in the laboratory, his opinion should prevail and must be followed unconditionally.
Jiang Tianzheng finally understood why there was this rule, so after receiving the experimental materials, he silently nodded and left the office.
With a sigh, Su Dingping turned to look at Guo Xueyun: "Do you also think I shouldn't have changed the parameters?"
Guo Xueyun smiled slightly, her face showing no sign of doubt: "I believe you have a deeper meaning in doing this. Whatever you do, I will support you!"
Su Dingping sighed. This girl was almost hopelessly in love. Even if he betrayed the country, she would probably follow him. So asking her was pointless.
"Alright, let's get ready for the experiment."
He stepped out of the laboratory and stood on the second-floor platform, looking down at the researchers. Two groups were urgently modifying various parameters according to his orders.
After a while, the revisions were finally completed. "Prepare for the second phase of the experiment! Each group, report on your preparations."
Su Dingping's voice was broadcast throughout the entire laboratory, and everyone quickly returned to their respective posts, with each group beginning to inspect the equipment and various raw materials.
"The neutron production target team is ready, and the neutron beam intensity is stable at 1.5 × 10⁻⁶ N/cm·s!"
"The super-strong steady-state magnetic field team is ready. Magnetic field strength: 45 Tesla!"
"The femtosecond laser interferometer team is ready, and the standing wave field parameter calibration is complete."
"The AI detection team is ready, and the real-time feedback system is in place."
"..."
The reports from each group came one after another, and the previous ease on everyone's faces was replaced by solemnity and anticipation.
"start!"
At Su Dingping's command, the vacuum chamber slowly closed, the targets containing various rare elements began to rotate, and the femtosecond laser was precisely emitted...
On the big screen, various data jumped rapidly, and everyone held their breath, afraid that there might be the slightest mistake.
Time passed second by second. The only sounds in the laboratory were the hum of the equipment and the turbulence of data. Su Dingping's face remained calm and expressionless, revealing no emotion whatsoever.
This is because he has gone through countless trials and failures in the forging space, so he has long since developed the right mindset.
Just over ten minutes later, the data on the big screen suddenly became chaotic, and the AI monitoring team began frantically searching for the cause.
With a beep, the experiment failed.
The head of the monitoring team approached Su Dingping with the report, looking dejected: "Director, the experimental records are here. We failed this time."
Su Dingping showed no emotional fluctuation, simply saying, "Failure doesn't matter; it just helps us eliminate a wrong option."
"After adjusting the next parameter, let's move on to the next experiment."
After he finished speaking, he opened the monitoring report and found that the experiment was normal at the beginning, but suddenly became chaotic at the last moment.
Looking at the rows of densely packed numbers, his eyes scanned like a scanner, searching for the reason for the experiment's failure. Soon, his gaze settled on a set of numbers.
"here!"
Jiang Tianzheng and Guo Xueyun both came over to look at the number that Su Dingping had pointed out.
"The beam intensity of the neutron-generating target became extremely unstable towards the end of the experiment, leading to localized 'overtransformation' of the material..."
After the reasons were explained, Jiang Tianzheng was convinced. It was almost impossible for him to find the problem in the experiment based on just one report.
But Su Dingping actually did it!
No wonder he's the director while he's just a deputy director; that's the difference!
Ignoring Jiang Tianzheng's thoughts, Su Dingping looked down at the neutron generation target group and said, "Reduce the neutron generation target beam intensity by one unit, keep other parameters unchanged, and continue the experiment!"
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Time slipped away second by second in these experiments.
On the other hand, the Huaxia tribe has stopped its practice of overpaying for various rare metals and rare earths in the international market, which has caused various voices to emerge among the Western tribes.
"The Longxia tribe is broke! Their previous actions were just a desperate act before their demise!"
"Perhaps they just wanted to take a gamble, but they didn't succeed!"
Such speculations and rumors spread like wildfire, and soon the Eastern Wilderness tribe caught wind of it.
"What?! The Dragon Summer Tribe is finished?!"
Noda Taro slammed his fist on the table and stood up, his excitement evident on his face.
A cabinet member nodded and said, "Your Excellency, this is the information we received from the Eagle Tribe. I believe this is an opportunity for our Eastern Wilderness Tribe."
"The Dragon Summer Tribe's self-destructive actions have already made their situation worse; now they may not even be able to afford fuel for their warships!"
These words drew laughter from the cabinet members, who all cheered themselves up, thinking that if the Longxia tribe fell, they would be the most powerful successors!
A Korean tribe? What can they use to compete with us? Is it the garrison of American troops in the country?
Noda Taro narrowed his eyes slightly, pondering carefully with his clever little brain: "If the Huaxia tribe is failing, doesn't that mean our Eastern Wilderness tribe is about to rise?"
"We will accomplish what the previous cabinet couldn't!"
"Now, we must show the world our fangs and let Longxia know the power of our Eastern Wilderness tribe!"
At this moment, Military Minister Matsushita Shun also spoke up: "Chief, I fully agree with your decision. Last time, the Longxia tribe made us lose face, so this time, we must get it back!"
"The warships sold to us by the Eagle Tribe have arrived, which has directly boosted our naval strength to a new level. We are no longer afraid of Longxia!"
They seem to have forgotten that last time, when they were with the Eagle Tribe, they were retaliated against and soundly beaten by the Dragon Summer Tribe. Now, they think they can compete with the Dragon Summer Tribe with just the Eagle Tribe's warships?
But all the cabinet ministers were so engrossed in their self-congratulatory euphoria about the Eastern Wilderness tribe's imminent takeoff that no one realized this.
Or rather, they thought the Longxia tribe had exhausted its resources and was no longer able to fight against them.
Therefore, Noda Taro nodded and asked with a smile, "Matsushita-kun, do you have any suggestions on how to demonstrate the military strength of our Eastern Wilderness tribe while forcing the Dragon Summer tribe to make concessions?"
After a moment's thought, Matsushita Shun revealed a sinister smile.
"Your Excellency, it's actually quite simple. We just need to send two fleets, one to the Ryukyu Islands and the other to Kanyu Island, taking a two-pronged approach."
"If the Longxia tribe doesn't have a countermeasure, we'll occupy these two places. Then the Longxia tribe will completely lose its first island chain! We can invade Longxia tribe territory at any time!" (End of Chapter)